The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
TRADEOFF
Definition of TRADEOFF
noun
An advantage or improvement that necessitates the corresponding loss or degradation of something else.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Deverbal from trade off.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, TRADEOFF · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
TRADEOFF in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 145, 12 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 145, 12 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
TRADEOFF starts with T and ends with F. Sorted, its letters read ADEFFORT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. F appears more than once, including a double letter.
Could you have found TRADEOFF?
OUTLIER is a daily word game. One grid, the same grid for everybody, and the words nobody else spots are the ones that pay. This word was on Day 145 - and most players walked straight past it.
Play today's OUTLIER